16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

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12 But the captain of the guard (A)left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

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24 “Son of man, (A)they who inhabit those (B)ruins in the land of Israel are saying, (C)‘Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. (D)But we are many; the land has been given to us as a (E)possession.’

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Now while Jeremiah had not yet gone back, Nebuzaradan said, “Go back to (A)Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, (B)whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever it seems convenient for you to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him rations and a gift and let him go. (C)Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to (D)Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people who were left in the land.

(E)And when all the captains of the armies who were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, children, and (F)the poorest of the land who had not been carried away captive to Babylon,

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(A)Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city and those who (B)defected to him, with the rest of the people who remained. 10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the (C)poor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields [a]at the same time.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:10 Lit. on that day

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